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The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Open-air cremations in Colorado's self-proclaimed spiritual mecca.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.